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Well, I created a kitsune fighter who was raised by Taldans, and well, we all know what Taldan culture is like (pretty much the complete opposite of what Kitsunes value and believe in). I didn't know where to post this, but since my kitsune fighter starts to fall for Miyaro (a character in Jade Regent), I thought this would be the best place to put this thread.
Anyhow, my kitsune, named Kyrsaku, was stolen from his parents as a young babe by an oni (allied with the Five Storms) who had hoped to steal kitsune children and corrupt them. However, the kitsune villagers fought back, and the oni was only able to kidnap Kyrsaku, and attempted to teleport away, but screwed up the spell which sent him to Taldor instead. There, he landed dab smacked in the middle of a Taldan Horse company. The Taldans believed the oni was an evil demon and attacked. A brave knight and his brother, a cavalier of the dragon, slew the oni. The knight heard the cries of Kyrsaku and took pity on him. Although, the Taldan knight believed Kyrsaku was a gnoll child who was born being attractive and not ugly like other gnolls and that Lamashtu had sent the demon to bring the unlucky gnoll pup to her to kill. The Taldan Knight, named Sir Marcian McClain, took Kyrsaku in as his own son. Kyrsaku was trained in the ways of the Taldan Knights. He then traveled to Sandpoint to meet an old friend from his youth and that's how his adventure to the land of his birth began.
It sounds like a perfectly fine idea to me, though given their racial penalty on Strength kitsune might not make the best melee fighters.
Hm...Good point. Although, if you got a decent roll, you might be able to get a good enough kitsune fighter.
Keep in mind that while they may not be the best melee fighters they're in no way doomed to fail at the role. -2 to a key class ability score is hardly a crippling penalty unless you've got a killer GM.
Kitsune make good finesse fighters, but also with STR its good if you focus on it. Also the Kitsune racial feat vulpine pounce is nice, giving you a full attack on a charge, its only at level 10 or so available.
The story is good too!